He also meant Porsche but let's not be pedantic

What's a Peugeut don't you mean a Peugeot. :stuck_out_tongue:

Many people overspend on buying top spec phones, and then don't even use half the features or power of the phone. its a total waste of money.

I don't know this phone, and for the price AND spec I think its a good deal, although there are many Chinese phones for the same price roughly.

​my peugeut cost a 10% the price of a porche , oh wait .........

I bought the x6 pro for £36 off eBay not sure if this is a great deal!

Sound, cheers. Just done it and it says that it's activated...

Here we go...

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/paypal-refund-return-shipping-costs-2426613

Any chance of a link?

1st is 5mp. I did say just Moto G, not second or third gen. they still go for much more than this refurb or s/hand.

I signed up for the Paypal free returns promo which was posted on here last week, you may want to see if its still running...assuming you'd be paying with Paypal that is.

Got the x5 Pro a while back on a previous gearbest deal here on HUKD and no issues with it other than slow initial delivery which seems to be a common GearBest problem. Wifi - fine, 4G signal rock stable for me, general responsiveness - all good, camera generally acceptable but poor results in poor light. I realise this is a different phone, but it's definitely 'Doogee' rather than 'dodgy' and for the price I think its great.

Moderate your expectations - but not as far as you might think - and you'll be pleased with this too.

Is there any way to be sure where you have to return your phone to with Gearbest? I've read quite a few comments of people who've bought from their EU warehouse and have been told that they have to return it to China at their own cost for warranty issues....

Shipping from UK on Ali Express

I searched on eBay and ordered a snow leopard case for 2.99 delivered April.

If you come across any decent cases please let me know. I'll not have time until weekend and if I find any that look OK I'll message you. I've had a dispatch email already which is better than my X5 Pro purchase experience from GearBest earlier this year

Wasn't aware I was getting touchy, I asked for the relevance of one phone vs another, he explained that they were both the same phone in different coats and I accepted that.
"Would you like an ice cream?"
"Yes!"
"No need to get arsey about it I was only asking"

I got the last one.

Can you get a case for this. I had the Doogee Y100 as a spare but this seems better.

Saw that and I went for the HomTom, good spec and camera! Already have the X5 Pro, good phone for the money. Was looking at X6 Prp but on paper this seemed better, some good reviews as well.

Named after #DodgyDave probably used this phone in the panama scandal.

Appreciate you will be waiting a month and have no customer support but may be of interest to some. HT7 Pro for £36.36
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HOMTOM-HT7-PRO-5-5-4G-2GB-16GB-13MP-Android-5-1-3000mAh-Smartphone-S9F4/262370839720?_trksid=p2052191.m2338
Believe Doogee make Homtom

​Not up to Apple/Samsung quality, but good enough for me

Unless it's a backup, no. However value for money still needs to come into play - for example, the Amazon Lightning deal at £51 for the X5 Pro earlier today delivers x2 storage, x2 RAM, and Amazon CS for £11-£12 more.
Honestly I'm not knocking this phone at all, like I said I have the Doogee Y100X. I just feel £39 is 'about right' for this phone, rather than it being a deal.

All gone now but got one earlier - Amazon seller "Oxford Street" Comes up every few days so keep checking

​How is the camera on the pro? quite interested in it. Thanks

More like, dodgy

Hi have you got a link for this deal?

Serious question: Do you think the same market demographic that is thinking about a $900 iPhone are thinking about a $50 one?

Yes I have a slight screen smear but for £40 its one hell of a phone. Fast, powerful speakers & good batt.

I bought one of these for a similar price in January (took about 6 weeks to arrive) and haven't been overly impressed. There are a couple of dead spots on the screen that make it frustrating to use. As it's from Gearbest it's not worth the while to return. I've just replaced it with a Wileyfox Swift for £100 and it's much better value for money.

I have one of these as a spare/ holiday phone. It's a quite capable wee phone. I put nova launcher on it as the Doogee ui and icons are horrible. I quite like it. 1gb of ram works OK with this handset. I haven't had lagging or random reboots. Everything works as it should. Nice bright screen. It's a bit chunky but it feels solid and well made. Great phone at this price. Don't think you'd get better for the money tbh

Essentially a Moto G, for £40.

He/she clearly said it was the same (posibly similar) spec for a cheaper price, pretty relevant! No need to get touchy about it....

Not everyone needs a Koenigsegg to pop down the shops. :smiley:

Been an iPhone user for c7 years but picked one of these up from Gearbest (yes, that offer!) earlier this year. I wanted to tinker around and familiar myself with Android OS as my 3 daughters all have Android phones and tablets and I wanted to stay one step ahead of them tech wise.

Have to say for the money its great, I find myself using it more than the iPhone, probably because of the novelty factor. Only negative aspect is the camera which is pretty bad (but not useless). Doesn't bother me as I still use a 'camera' for taking pictures that I want to keep, put in an album, frame etc.

I'm still a relative novice when it comes to Android, one thing I would say having done a little reading up (and loading an app called Root Checker) is that my X5 Pro isn't rooted, if this is the same then it may be of concern to some. I've ran security checks and it all seems fine, no issues with any of the apps I've put on it. But it could be a limiting factor depending on your views re having full control of your phones OS. I'm still a little hesitant in flashing it having no prior experience but as I said, I've not encountered any problems and its not an issue for me at the moment.

What would you say is a fair value considering that the Doogee has ~13% the power of an S7 (for example), then taking into account the screen, build, software?

No micro sd slot?

what doesn't work on it?

looks a bit of a doogee deal for me :stuck_out_tongue: (voted hot)

OK ibguess for new but I think you can pick up better second hand stuff from gumtree for not much more

It's fair to say it's 10% of the price of Apple, Samsung, HTC - but it is also 10% of the performance. Roughly the same spec as the Doogee Y100X that I bought on here @ £32 last year.
I would say this is about the right price for the spec.

He also meant Porsche but let's not be pedantic

Heat added.
I believe Amazon do this phone for £45 if you're willing to spend the extra fiver for faster delivery and avoid potential headaches that you sometimes get with Gearbest.

The X5 Pro is currently £10 more on Amazon deal of the day (40% left to claim as of 16:30) which is more spec and no chance of getting taxed as UK seller.

is that a 4g phone? description doesnt say so

we have had doogee phones for the last year and a half and they have been great, battery went in one but i think it was only around £4.50 to replace it. Plus no issues with wifi

Have the pro, top phone with great specs for the price. Got mine on a deal from Gearbest, but waited ages for delivery as went OOS over Chinese new year, but happy with end goods. Dual SIM was main reason I got this (work / personal sims) although only one runs at 4g (which would be a problem with 2 X "three" sims)

Many people overspend on buying top spec phones, and then don't even use half the features or power of the phone. its a total waste of money.

I don't know this phone, and for the price AND spec I think its a good deal, although there are many Chinese phones for the same price roughly.

Excellent price. Bought the PRO version of this (just has 2 gig of RAM) for my old man back on Christmas and the it worked like a charm

It is a great little phone but the letdown I found (and it's a big one) - very spotty WiFi, ok if you're close to the router/AP but drops off fast away from it, seems to plague the Chinese phones and, of course, trying to explain 'weak WiFi signal' to off-shore support is never going to end well.

Good spot heat added :smiley:

what about duty tax hm customs how much is it?

It's the same internals in a different case. Just giving another option if people wanted a budget phone

For what it's worth, if you want to shave off a few £, get the same spec, and don't mind waiting a little longer for delivery, you can use banggood.

HOMTOM HT3
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£33.66

​only joking nowt special for the money but its OK. as there now on the x6 I would have thought they will have a pre sale on the x7 in the near future

​if you had one you'd call it EU

What's a Peugeut don't you mean a Peugeot. :stuck_out_tongue:

I think you're missing the point I'm trying to make. It's about right for the price - but I wouldn't vote it hot on a price to performance ratio. In that I'm basing it from everything from internals to touch screen responsiveness

Excellent phone for the money.

Named after Doogee Howser MD? Now there was a classic tv show that never gets repeated.